SHEP & THE LIMELITES -"DADDY'S HOME" (1961)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Shep and the Limelites was an American doo-wop group of the early 1960s, composed of James "Shep" Sheppard (September 24, 1935 -- January 24, 1970), Clarence Bassett (March 13, 1936 -- January 25, 2005) and Charles Baskerville (July 6, 1936 -- January 18, 1995). They are best known for their 1961 hit recording, "Daddy's Home", co-written by Sheppard.
Sheppard and Bassett, both from Queens County, New York, and Baskerville, originally from Virginia, organized a group in Queens in 1960. This was billed initially as Shane Sheppard And The Limelites, but quickly became Shep and the Limelites. All three had previous experience in other groups: Shep with The Heartbeats (notable for "A Thousand Miles Away"); Bassett with The Five Sharps and then, with Baskerville, in The Videos.
Shep & The Limelites' recording sessions for Hull Records started in August 1960. They recorded the original version of "Daddy's Home" on February 1, 1961. "Daddy's Home" reached no. 2 on the Billboard popular music chart in May and was covered by P J Proby (1970) Jermaine Jackson (1972), Toots and the Maytals (Funky Kingston 1973), Junior English, and Cliff Richard (1981). Later songs were not as successful as "Daddy's Home", but still sold well; among these were "What Did Daddy Do", "Ready For Your Love" and "Our Anniversary".
Kahl Music, publisher of "A Thousand Miles Away", an earlier song written by Sheppard, sued Keel Music, publisher of "Daddy's Home", for copyright violation. Keel eventually lost, and this resulted in the end of the Limelites and Hull Records in 1966. Bassett joined The Flamingos and Baskerville joined The Players and then The Drifters. Sheppard re-formed the Limelites in the late 1960s, but was murdered on January 24, 1970. He was found dead in his car on the Long Island Expressway, having been beaten and robbed. Baskerville died, at age 58 on January 18, 1995 in New York. Bassett died on January 25, 2005, at age 68 from the complications of emphysema, at his home in Richmond, Virginia.
My dad sang this every time he came home. Kids don’t realize how short life is. I miss him everyday.
This is the truth!
So sorry for your loss. Nice to have such memories.
Most Humans dont.!
Am 50 and when my daughter was 5 I usted play this song for her because usted work out town
Me too...my Daddy sang this to me when he came home...I had got bit by our tenants dog...In Loving Memory.
When I'm sitting in my car listening to oldies like this I close my eyes for 10 seconds then slowly open them hoping I would be back in the 60's with the song playing on the radio as I sit in a 57 Chevy Bel Air..
All you need is the reverb on.
My dad had one of those - the blue car we called it. Wonder what it would go for today. In 62 when I started second he traded up to an Olds "Rocket 88."
Thank you for keeping this song alive, Clarence Bassett was my uncle, Shep, died before I was born, and Charlie was like an uncle. I can speak for the Bassett's and I believe i can for Charlie's son, we are grateful for you all still showing the love, way after they have gone from us.
R.I.P TO THEM ALL!
Jamila....do you know what Jamila means? Lol Cuzzo, I miss hearing Uncle Jr and Uncle Charlie sing...I miss my Dad and your dad harmonize. You are beautiful...Jamila
Jamila Davis Incredible!! Thank you for sharing 💜
Hi Jamila, (my niece's name also) I've had this record for over 50 years. One of my all time fave songs. This song is one of those that you can't help but cry when you listen to it cuz it's so beautiful. Your uncle will live on and on as long as we doowop fans keep it going. We are doing our best to pass it on to the new generation. I wish we had young men like them today making music. I think people would be so much more mellow.
I'm 80 now.
Brings back great memories.
I Love oldies and I'm 65 and I still hear it every day
I loved this in 1961 and still love it as much today. Timelessly beautiful.
Yes it is!
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I was born in 1961, nice to know.
This song has been a part of me since I was a child. I still sing it to myself often. The music has just imprinted on me.
Same with me; the lyrics popped up in my head, and I had to YT the song. LOL
Still listening 2024 ❤
This music had so much passion, care for their fathers. We as a society need this kind of music today.
Agree 👍🏽
I was I a teenager and I was playing my45 records I listen to them 👍💘
What an amazing era of music. Will never be topped!
2021
Anybody hearing this during the coronavirus outbreak?
Just sent it to my brother
All I could do was cry...
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When I was very very little my dad always played this song in his truck before taking me and my sister back to my moms , always tears me up
Such a sad, wonderful post. Now you got ME crying. XO
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My daddy used to sing this to me when I was little...just the chorus... my parents both passed together in 1999 I miss them dearly...classic rock & oldies make me think of them sooo miss my daddy he was a good man...RIP mom & dad
My dad did the same but he abandoned me at 11. Hasn't been a dad since. Sorry for ur loss.
@@winchestersdoitbetter2330 sorry to hear God has something bigger amd better planned for you hun....have faith in God...and pray....especially now with everything going on in our world its crazy....God bless you love
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That is sad sorry for your loss):$
Same my dad passed sept 14, 2000. Today is 21 years
As my dad lies in hospice care, my best memory with him is roller skating to this song. It was a couples skate and he took me around the rink. And now all I can think of is Daddy’s really going Home.
Memories when I was in high school. miss them days. Godbless everyone thankyou music n artist
I remember hearing this on the radio when I was little. They don’t make good music anymore, that’s why I stick to my oldies. Best music ever made.
Magic is magic
And this song has the magic!
This song will always remind me of my dad cause he taught me to play this on the piano and whenever we hear this we always sing this together
I grew up on these songs, my Dad had a '79 Impala with an 8 track i heard all the classic tunes, gotta love this music
I’m so excited and emotional. I’ve found this song. My daddy was a truck driver upon his return, I’d run through the house screaming “daddy’s home”! When he came home from long trips, he’d hold me and sing this to me. This will be my daddy/daughter dance for my wedding next June!
This song came to mind when I was young and my dad was fresh out of county.
My daddy was also a truck driver and would be gone sometime for almost three days.
is this next month 😮
@anthonyquiroz2277 I remember my Homegirl dedicated this song to me back in 1972 , I Love you Margie Flores ❤ Back in my Juvenile hall daze RIP 🪦💔
😢 my dad use to dance with me this song until I fell sleep.... Dad I miss you so bad 2 years without you and think I will never get used to not having you.
This is the music I use to dance too, when after school we use to get together.
I think that shep has one of the most beautiful voice I heard play this song all the time do not know how he died what a shame
I remember loving this song. I'm 19 now. When me and my siblings were little tots we would always sing this whenever our dad came home from work. Stopped when I turned 14.. Gonna bring it back again.
I wasn’t born until the 80s
But I loved this song
I used to mellow down to see t all the time
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Kenia Morales 💙 love to see our generation and appreciate this music. Thanks to my parents showing me real music
My mother, aunts and uncles used to listen to this kind of music all the time. Brings back memories of a simpler time I was very happy then.
Discovering this gem 60 years later.... the definition of timeless
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This is mine and daddy favorite song . I miss my daddy he past away July 27 th 2019
im only 14 years old but i live for these songs. Shep and the limelites, richie valens, the penguins. i wish songs were more like this in 2015.
Breezy Mendiola Man I am only 12 years old and I love these old songs my mom said I must had lived back then and came back to life as a girl
Tawnee Safewright well, I'm only 10 so who's the real fan here?
im 21 and i also live for these songs ,ritchie valens Donna ,we belong together ,..the peguins,the students,frankie vali and the four seasons,the duprees,del vikings
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This era of Motown was the greatest period of music in the history of earth..I love these songs!
This wasn't Motown
Not a Motown single. it was on some little label like Dore Records or maybe the same label as The Belmonts' "Come On Little Angel"
I was 12 when this came out, so I absolutely remember hearing it on the radio. Very nice to hear some “do-wop” music from the past.
I loved this song. It will always renind me of a wonderful time in my life. Beautiful memories❤
I sang this masterpiece to my children all of the time! ‘Best friend wrote and told me, you had teardrops in your
eyes’they will remember that always!
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Three tours in Nam! I was WAITING, with open Arms!
You came, Safely!
My didn't. There are so many WHAT IFS......my love hasn't died since 1967. Never forget and never be another
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What a Great loss at such a young age, I was 14 years old, when this song first came out, I remember the first time I heard it as though it was yesyerday😎😏😌 Shep was only 12 years older than I, when they recorded this one.
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When I think of my dad, I play this song. It’s been years since he met the Almighty. Still love it!❤
The first time I listen to this song I was 13 years old. I still get goose bumps.. ❤️
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My dad played this record and sang this song when my sister and I were just tykes. Beautifully written song; and perfect group and lead vocal performance . Very sad and disheartening to read that Shep had HIS songs taken away from him. I pray that he is at peace. Thank you for the wonderful music that you left behind, Shep.
My dad would play this for me when i was 4
This reminds me of him 🙂
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I love this music and I wasn't even born yet. Thanks Grammie and pop pop 💞
Sung so clear and pure. Heart piercing.
_I grow weak from these sounds totally... Beautiful_
How many times I danced to this song, 1967...wow...
I have had many memories flood my mind when I hear this song........always brings tears to my eyes.
Others did this song, but this it the best , by far. Others can’t come close to these awesome voices here !
I am a karaoke host and do theme nights when I do the doowop motown nights this song is top pick I'm 41 and love this song
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As a 22 year old I can say it gives me such Nostalgia to an Era my Eyes have Never seen.
I agree, im 21 years old been listening to this song since i first listen to it in American god.
It was a lovely time in so many ways. Even with the growing movements of civil rights, it was a beautiful time of innocence in 🇺🇸
Totally agree! I was also 21 when this song was released. I always thought of my dad, and am so thankful to be a part of that generation!
My dad would always play this for me when I was a kid and listening to this now I wish I can talk to him again
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This is such a beautiful song.
So lovely and a heart touching song 🎵 💙
Heard this song at my senior lunch today, I just burst into tears!!!
Great song, we had many talented people back then and great music. Glad I grew up in the 50's & 60's.
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How could anybody miss this great song? smooth oldie!
I was born September of '61 and my Dad used to si g this to me so I would go to sleep. He went home to heaven to be Reunited with my Mom on Mother's day 5 years ago. Love and miss them both but they are together again.
Imagine this inside your car at the nearest diner. The air smells like burgers its 11 at night. This song echoes through the streets.
and it did....
Oh man, and the movie Grease is playing on the tv in the diner! 👍🏾
A Voice I worked Overtime To sound like. I like all of their music Dobie
Doo wop like this may be all you need!
100% agree with you! There’s not a day that goes bye I don’t think about mine 😢. This song makes my ❤ hurt for him. I’m the baby out of 4 girl’s. My whole life I’ve been Daddy’s little baby girl. He warned me about the pain of losing his parent’s.
Hello 👋Tammie, how are you doing? Hope you are fine. I'm Keating woodman and am from Denver Colorado, where are you from? You seem like a real country girl
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I remember when I ordered my first oldies albums. I fell in love with doo-wop, and this became one of my favorite songs. I had the urge to hear it tonight. rat a tat
I love this song…so many memories💕
OMG❤️ what great memories listening to this song. 🎵🎵
I was born mid 80's and now on my mid 30's, this song suddenly came out in my mind, brings a lot of memories when I was a child. And now I played it beside the bed of my sleeping son. Me and my 8th month old son missing Dad who's on business trip.
My dads favorite doo wop group been playin this since he went on the lord
Great song and great memories!
these were ,and remain the best music of all timed
Nothing will ever come close to the Oldies this what i listen to ever chance i get.
Paul Worsley super true
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Agree! My dad use to sing this to me,he was a drummer... rip daddy I miss u
Born in 1941; came of age in Brooklyn during the fabulous '50s. Never was there a better time nor more perfect age to have been alive. Looking back, every teenage day was a blast ... filled with joy, carefree friends, excitement, laughter, hot rods, pre-Pill girlfriends with messy lipstick and big hairdos, Alan Freed's R&R shows, and the constant refrain of blow-harmony and Doo-Wop in the background. What a glorious, civilized era it was! So grateful to have been there.
Every time our dad would get out of jail my sister and I would play this. Awesome song. Oldies forever!
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I woke up singing this song this morning and had a little trouble finding it by this original recording. This was one of the old slow drag songs that we used to grab someone, snuggle up and dance. 😍
I let my 13 yr old daughter listen to it….
Beautiful….Compared to the garbage they call music today!!!!
Look Who's Talking Brought Me Here!!!
Amazing Song...
I just love this song they need to make more like this
Been listening to oldies since the 80s. I like many but this is my fav & want it played @ my funeral.
My son sings this for his kids all the time. We love this song. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful song.❤
2021 and bought this on a 45 for my girl for valentines day. Dedicated to the one i live on the 45 sleeve. Old school type of love.
The best music ever !!!!
I'm a 83 baby and this song 🎵 will continue always
I remember when this was released. Such great music I was around to hear. 🎶😊❤️
I’ve been away from my kids for weeks. Just saw them and this song came on in the car. My youngest started to sing daddy’s home home to stay 😭😭😭
Another great song !
Well said Amen ....kids don't realize today how short life is and when their parents are gone they say if only
This is SOLID Gold!! What a Standard!
My condolences to everyone who lost there father
Now that is Harmony and singing.I miss that music
Beautiful song
Just a beautiful song
My dad used to put this on the hi-fi when he came into the house. All six of us would run to him and hug him hard...
Beautiful
What a great song!!! I mean...songs today don't give you these feels.😊❤
RIP as your song's live on!
2020 now and I'm still listening.😌
Another Beautiful Doo Wop single of 1961 a million selling single For Shep & Limelites Called Daddy's Home from 1961
OMG THIS IS MY GREAT GRAND FATHER OMG BLESS YOU 🙏🙏🙏 U LIVE A GOOD LIFE I LOVE U SEE U IN HEAVEN
I graduated from high school in 1961. I danced cheek-to-cheek with a lot of pretty girls back then. This song was one of the very best.
The words are like magic.
Such a beautiful song and melody
I’m 73 living in a senior center reminiscing on the patio. These songs were soothing, decent and respectful.
Memories right here...Ready to slow dance.... Well here is the song
Cynthia's Channel Cynthia are you seeing anybody
Can you answer me
You do right Cynthia..
You are so right Cynthia, memories, slow dancing, in the dark corner of the gym (remember that?). Back in the neighborhood in the day we used to call it “Belly rubbin” dance music. Don’t you miss those days? What I wouldn’t give to have them back...if for only one day.
I sang this to my children also when they were growing up, One of the very best!!!
This beautiful song will always be in my ❤
THIS SONG REMINDS OF WHEN WE WOULD "DANCE SO SLOWLY" THAT I COULD EVEN "FEEL HER LITTLE HEART BEATING AGAINST MY STRONGER CHEST"
I love the photo of the album cover. “Baby Boy” and “The Jamie Foxx Show” brought me here.❤
Lovely warm and soulful voice. And what a song!